If you try to install with WinXP SP2 disk on harddisk with SATA, you'll need to get a floppy to load the driver in the first phase of installation. (Unless you're technically savvy enough to create a streamlined installation disk in the beginning)

Since floppy drives are less commonly seen today, average joes will have difficulty doing reinstallation themselves.

Even if this support weren't free, there's no way a company is going to be willing pay what this would cost, because you are no longer spreading the cost of this effort across millions of licenses.

MS already offers Custom Support Agreements. For XP, it seems to cost about $200 per seat with a floor of probably ~$500,000 for the first year.

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Wed, 08 May 2013 18:51:11 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/There-is-no-end-of-life-XP-problem/ddbcb443930e4564a910a1b80136b0f6#ddbcb443930e4564a910a1b80136b0f6yuhong72http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/yuhong/Discussions/RSSCoffeehouse - VC11, Firefox Metro, Win8 SDK, and XP@evildictaitor: The problem is that don't work in 16-bit protected mode, for one thing.]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/VC11-Firefox-Metro-Win8-SDK-and-XP/5e6ea8e3b5cc42d1a8efa1b4013fe264#5e6ea8e3b5cc42d1a8efa1b4013fe264
Sat, 04 May 2013 19:24:39 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/VC11-Firefox-Metro-Win8-SDK-and-XP/5e6ea8e3b5cc42d1a8efa1b4013fe264#5e6ea8e3b5cc42d1a8efa1b4013fe264yuhong23http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/yuhong/Discussions/RSSCoffeehouse - VC11, Firefox Metro, Win8 SDK, and XP@evildictaitor: Vista was not released until 2007.]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/VC11-Firefox-Metro-Win8-SDK-and-XP/47ccf501e7ad415484c6a1b3013b50a9#47ccf501e7ad415484c6a1b3013b50a9
Fri, 03 May 2013 19:08:01 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/VC11-Firefox-Metro-Win8-SDK-and-XP/47ccf501e7ad415484c6a1b3013b50a9#47ccf501e7ad415484c6a1b3013b50a9yuhong23http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/yuhong/Discussions/RSSCoffeehouse - VC11, Firefox Metro, Win8 SDK, and XP@figuerres: It is to *target* XP, not to host on XP, as with VS2012.]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/VC11-Firefox-Metro-Win8-SDK-and-XP/f7cf1cc8991d42c0b570a1b3013ae241#f7cf1cc8991d42c0b570a1b3013ae241
Fri, 03 May 2013 19:06:27 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/VC11-Firefox-Metro-Win8-SDK-and-XP/f7cf1cc8991d42c0b570a1b3013ae241#f7cf1cc8991d42c0b570a1b3013ae241yuhong23http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/yuhong/Discussions/RSSCoffeehouse - VC11, Firefox Metro, Win8 SDK, and XP@evildictaitor: A decade ago is 2003.]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/VC11-Firefox-Metro-Win8-SDK-and-XP/78eee247fac6418d9f8fa1b3008b9c82#78eee247fac6418d9f8fa1b3008b9c82
Fri, 03 May 2013 08:28:18 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/VC11-Firefox-Metro-Win8-SDK-and-XP/78eee247fac6418d9f8fa1b3008b9c82#78eee247fac6418d9f8fa1b3008b9c82yuhong23http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/yuhong/Discussions/RSSCoffeehouse - VC11, Firefox Metro, Win8 SDK, and XPIt is about the Win8 SDK which Firefox needs for Metro and it lacking XP support still.]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/VC11-Firefox-Metro-Win8-SDK-and-XP/2a4eebf23a4344239039a1b30079ce44#2a4eebf23a4344239039a1b30079ce44
Fri, 03 May 2013 07:23:28 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/VC11-Firefox-Metro-Win8-SDK-and-XP/2a4eebf23a4344239039a1b30079ce44#2a4eebf23a4344239039a1b30079ce44yuhong23http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/yuhong/Discussions/RSSCoffeehouse - VC11, Firefox Metro, Win8 SDK, and XP@Proton2: Unrelated to my point, which is about the Win8 SDK.]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/VC11-Firefox-Metro-Win8-SDK-and-XP/2b89c7af5c93454693eea1b30073bd8a#2b89c7af5c93454693eea1b30073bd8a
Fri, 03 May 2013 07:01:23 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/VC11-Firefox-Metro-Win8-SDK-and-XP/2b89c7af5c93454693eea1b30073bd8a#2b89c7af5c93454693eea1b30073bd8ayuhong23http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/yuhong/Discussions/RSSCoffeehouse - VC11, Firefox Metro, Win8 SDK, and XPRemember when Visual C++ 2012 refused to support XP? Yep, they later added it in Update 1. But because the Windows division refuse to officially support XP in the Win8 SDK, the Win7 SDK was bundled with Update 1. Firefox Metro needs the Metro stuff in the Win8 SDK, but they still want to support XP. In fact they have since switched back to VC2010. The funny thing that it does work most of the time, but they refuse to officially support it.]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/VC11-Firefox-Metro-Win8-SDK-and-XP/051a6a04539e44419d82a1b300533887#051a6a04539e44419d82a1b300533887
Fri, 03 May 2013 05:02:59 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/VC11-Firefox-Metro-Win8-SDK-and-XP/051a6a04539e44419d82a1b300533887#051a6a04539e44419d82a1b300533887yuhong23http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/yuhong/Discussions/RSS